Improvement in railway cattle-guards



SAMUEL. S'rnAcK,

HAIL WAY CATTLE GATE.

No. 120,343. Patented Oct. 24,1871.

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SAMUEL STRAGK, OF DOVER TUVVN SHIP, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAILWAY CATTLE-GUARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,343, dated October 24, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL STRAGK, of Dover township, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and use ful Improvement in Uattle-Guards for Railway Tracks; and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference beiu g had to the annexed drawing making a part ofthis specification and to the letters of referenee marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawing is a representation of a plan view of my cattle-guard, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof.

My invention relates to cattle-guanls for railway-tracks; and consists in the novel construction and an'angement of devices intended to serve as eflieient means for preventing animals from passing from thehighway upon such tracks, as hereinafter particularly described.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A of the drawing represents a railway-track, to the outer side of the rails of which I. arrange the spring ll by fastening the respective ends thereof to the railway cross-ties, as shown. (3 0 represent central hinged bars, constructed as shown, and having in their respective ends hon izontal openings into which the front ends of the springs B are placed, and in which. said springs move back and forththat is to say, they move inward when the sprin are depressed and out ward when they are elevated. H represents a wire or slat fence attached to the bars U, as shown, and constructed for folding when the springs and barsare pressed downward, but when said springs and bars are allowed to assume an upright position, said fence is unfolded and serves as a proper barrier against animals that otherwisemight pass along the track.

it will be observed that my springs and bars are placed on the outside of the track rails, and hence are actuated by the tread of the ear-wheels instead of the flanges thereof, as has heretofore been done in such devices. It will also be seen that the hinged bars connecting and operating with the springs serve to relieve them from excessive duty and thereby prolong their useful ncss.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The improved cattle-guard, consisting of the sectional springs 13, central hinged sleeves U U, and flexible fence H, substantially as specified.

SAMUEL STHAUK.

Witnesses F. STRING, H. H. SPANGLER. 12m 

